Judith Lynn ’Judy’ Straub, an 18-year-old from Sterling, Ohio, was killed on August 8, 1977, alongside her 21-year-old boyfriend, William Lavaco. The couple was last seen near the Valley Inn in the early hours of August 6, 1977. Two days later their bodies were found in a wooded area of Silver Creek Metro Park in Barberton; both had fatal gunshot wounds to the neck and investigators determined the deaths occurred shortly after they were last seen.

Lavaco’s car was found abandoned near the scene with more than $400 in valuables left, which ruled out robbery as a motive. Witnesses later said Dennis Busson had been seen arguing with Lavaco over cocaine and that Busson made threatening statements; he was arrested shortly after the murders, passed multiple polygraph tests, and was not immediately charged. Decades later, in 2010, serial killer Edward Wayne Edwards confessed to the killings and gave detailed accounts, saying he had evaded justice for so long.

What can anyone add about Judy’s last known movements near the Valley Inn or about evidence from the Silver Creek Metro Park scene?